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MARK A. ROWLEY, 39, of Memphis, manager for Accounts Management, died of respiratory failure Tuesday at his home. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. Mr. Rowley, the husband of Robbie J. Rowley, also leaves two daughters, Lauren Rowley of Aurora, Colo., and Lexie Rowley of Memphis; his parents, Rita Rowley of Aurora and Terry Rowley of Missouri; three sisters, Catherine White, Victoria Rowley and Deborah Rowley, and a brother, Randolph Rowley, all of Aurora. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Hope House.
[Obit dated Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999]
HELEN CLARA DRANE SIMMONS, 81, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Wednesday at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Jude Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Calvary. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch, Miss., has charge. Mrs. Simmons, the widow of Jessie Simmons, leaves three daughters, Elgenia Lyles, Ressie Griffin and Annie Simmons, all of Memphis; three sons, James Clyde Simmons of Nashville, and Joe Dan Simmons and James Edward Simmons, both of Memphis; a stepson, Robert J. Simmons of Chicago; three sisters, Annie L. Lanier, Julia R. Bryant and Otha E. Burgess, all of Memphis; six brothers, John T. Drane of Chicago, and J.D. Draine, Early C. Drane, Shirley Drane, Willie F. Drane and Thomas Drane, all of Memphis, five grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999]
ANTHONY SISLOW, 85, of Memphis, retired government employee, died of complications from Parkinson disease Thursday at Bright Glade Nursing Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Mr. Sislow, the husband of Pat Sislow for 56 years, also leaves two sons, James M. Sislow of Bartlett and Jerry Sislow of Sunnyvale, Calif.; a sister, Gladys Wingler of Joliet, Ill., four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999]
KATHERINE NOWELS SMITH, 82, of Memphis, retired accountant, died of heart failure Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. today at Union Avenue Baptist Tower. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She leaves two sisters, Gladys Burnett and Mildred Hall.
[Obit dated Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999]
FREDDIE JAMES `PUTT' TURNER, 67, of 465 Old Brownsville Road, retired employee of Memphis Sanitation Department, died of heart failure Monday at Layton Watson Nursing Home Center. Services will be at noon Saturday at Family Mortuary Chapel with burial in Union cemetery. Mr. Turner was the husband of Fannie B. Turner.
[Obit dated Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999]
REV. CHARLES LEON WATKINS, 69, of 244 Simpson, died Thursday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis of injuries received in a house fire. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mr. Watkins, the widower of Margaret Watkins, leaves three daughters, Demetrice Webster of Memphis, Betty Webster of Cleveland, Ohio, and Beverly Cato of California; a brother, Eugene Watkins of Memphis, eight grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999]
MARGARET WATKINS, 69, of 244 Simpson, retired laborer for Bruce Flooring, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis of injuries received in a house fire. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mrs. Watkins, the widow of Rev. Charles Watkins, leaves two sisters, Lillian Jones and Lula Mae Kilgore, and a brother, Rufus Williams, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Obit dated Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999]
EDDIE L. WEAVER, 62, of Mason, Tenn., landscaping employee of One Source Co., died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at noon Saturday at St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in Mason with burial in Malone cemetery there. Barlow Funeral Home of Covington has charge. He was a trustee, choir member and a Sunday School teacher at Canaan Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Mason. Mr. Weaver, the husband of Earnestine Weaver, also leaves 10 daughters, Bobbie Smith of Detroit, Florence Woods and Rita Weaver, both of Drummonds, Tenn., Annie Mae Pirtle of Covington, Peggy Clay of California, Betty Parham of Brighton, Tenn., Mae Scott of Millington, Beverly Ray Adams and Carolyn Carruthers, both of Memphis, and Joyce Wiggins of Arlington; three sons, Odis Carruthers of Memphis, Larry Sanders of Detroit and Thomas Carruthers of Mason; a brother, Ralph Weaver of Waukegan, Ill., 22 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999]
PAULINE S. WEINBERG, 84, of Osceola, Ark., formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Wednesday at her home. Graveside services will be at noon today in Temple Israel cemetery. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a Gray Lady volunteer at Osceola Memorial Hospital, and past president of B'nai B'rith Women in Blytheville, Temple of Israel Sisterhood in Blytheville and Osceola City Beautiful Commission. Mrs. Weinberg, the widow of Nathan Weinberg, leaves a daughter, Lynn W. Gruber of Memphis; a son, Dr. Warren A. Weinberg of Dallas, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Temple Israel in Memphis.
[Obit dated Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999]
WILLIE H. WILKES, 64, of Oakland, Calif., formerly of Memphis, ship engineer, died of heart failure Sept. 29 at Veterans Administration Hospital in Oakland. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Starlight Baptist Church in Oakland and an Army veteran. Mr. Wilkes, the husband of Leola Wilkes, also leaves three daughters, Audrey Jean Randle of Chicago, Catrina McGlothen of Oakland and Sabrina Boylins of Sacramento, Calif.; five sons, Willie H. Wilkes of Chicago, Vincent Earl Wilkes of San Francisco, and Orlando Wilkes, Fredrick Wilkes and Pierres Wilkes, all of Oakland; three sisters, Peggy Thornton and Shirley Wilkes, both of Memphis, and Joanne Parish of Fayetteville, N.C.; a brother, Ronnie Wilkes of Memphis, 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999]
JOSEPHINE WRIGHT, 66, of Moscow, Tenn., owner of Authority Cleaning Agency, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Springhill Missionary Baptist Church in Moscow, where she was a member, with burial in Moscow cemetery. J. A. Lofties Funeral Home of Somerville has charge. Mrs. Wright, the wife of Allen Wright, also leaves two daughters, Ruthie M. Watkins and Carolyn Linsey, both of Moscow; four sons, Tommie L. Wright of Alabaster, Ala., Joseph K. Wright of Memphis, Rev. James A. Wright of Moscow and Rev. Dale Wright of Terre Haute, Ind.; three brothers, Willie L. James of Memphis, John L. James of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Fred Hedgewood of Franklin, Tenn., 31 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999]
DOCK DAVIS, 67, of Grand Junction, Tenn., mechanic, died of heart failure Oct. 1 at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hardway Missionary Baptist Church in Michigan City, Miss., with burial in the church cemetery. Mabone Funeral Home of Somerville has charge. Mr. Davis, the husband of Idince McKinnie Davis, also leaves local survivors including two sisters, Louise Reed and Hattie Jones, and three brothers, George Davis, Walter Davis and Chester Arthur Davis, all of Memphis, 40 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999]
WALKER D. `SNAKE' MARTIN, 48, of Holly Springs, Miss., truck driver for Bi-County Farm Supply, died of heart failure Monday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Strawberry Missionary Baptist Church in Holly Springs, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery there. J. F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge. He leaves local survivors including a sister, Georgia Dorsy of Memphis, and eight grandchildren.
[Obit dated Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999]
WILLIE MARTIN, 46, of Mt. Pleasant, Miss., former construction worker, died of asthma Tuesday at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Mt. Sinai Church of God in Christ in Red Banks, Miss. J. F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs, Miss., has charge. He leaves local survivors including two daughters, Lottie Mae Campbell and Lenora Campbell Smith, and a son, Eddie Lee Campbell, all of Red Banks, Miss., and a brother, Lugene Martin of Memphis.
[Obit dated Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999]
ALBERT ANDERSON, 84, of Spencer, Okla., formerly of Memphis, retired employee of Southern Fabricator Co., died of heart failure Saturday at University Hospital in Oklahoma City. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a former member of Antioch Baptist Church. Mr. Anderson, the widower of Addie Anderson, leaves a daughter, Janet Kirksey of Spencer; a son, Albert Anderson of Los Angeles; a sister, Rosie Webster of Memphis, and four grandchildren.
[Obit dated Monday, Oct. 11, 1999]
THOMAS C. ANDERSON, 74, of Memphis, retired operator for Imperial Sugar Co., died of respiratory failure Sunday at Methodist Hospital. Aaron Cremation and Burial Services has local charge. He was a member of Frayser Baptist Church. Mr. Anderson, the husband of Jean Anderson for 48 years, also leaves three daughters, T. J. Brace of Memphis, Anita J. Chitwood of Crowley, La., and Cathy J. Perry of Springfield, Tenn.; a son, David M. Anderson of El Campo, Texas; a brother, Bailey B. Anderson of Leakey, Texas, and 12 grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Frayser Baptist Church or Richmond (Texas) First Baptist Church.
[Obit dated Monday, Oct. 11, 1999]
